Call for Applications: International M.A. in New Media ­University of Amsterdam

International M.A. in New Media ­University of Amsterdam. Call for Applications ­Fall 2011 admission deadline: 1 April 2011 Overview The International M.A. in New Media & Digital Culture (NMMA) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is accepting applications for 2011-2012 academic year. The NMMA is a one-year residence program undertaken in English at UvA in… Read more Call for Applications: International M.A. in New Media ­University of Amsterdam

Visualization: Twitter penetration per city in the Netherlands

Credits: Michiel Berger (@michielb), Anne Helmond (@silvertje), Marvin de Reuver (@marvindereuver), Esther Weltevrede (@esthr) and Ton Wesseling (@tonwesseling) This final image has been made with the help from Ton Wesseling who calculated the percentage of Twitter users per city, using data about the number of inhabitants per city from CBS (January 2010). Looking at the… Read more Visualization: Twitter penetration per city in the Netherlands

Visualization: Relative density of the Twitter population in the Netherlands

Credits: Michiel Berger (@michielb), Anne Helmond (@silvertje), Marvin de Reuver (@marvindereuver), Esther Weltevrede (@esthr) This the second map of the Dutch Twitter population according to the Twittergids data. In the first part I visualized the top 25 Twitter cities in the Netherlands. In this follow-up image Esther Weltevrede and I looked into the relative number… Read more Visualization: Relative density of the Twitter population in the Netherlands

Joris van Hoboken – Google knows your unknown knowns

Opening lecture of the New Media Masters Graduation Day. University of Amsterdam, 21 September 2010. Joris van Hoboken, PhD candidate at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam, talked about what Google knows and what Google wants. Google is no longer just a search engine, it is now an extraordinary collection of… Read more Joris van Hoboken – Google knows your unknown knowns

Connecting to Eduroam via Android (incl. Ice Cream, Jelly Bean) with UvA credentials

Simple instructions to connect to the Eduroam network via Android with your University of Amsterdam credentials. Scroll down for recent updates! My old settings: Tested on the Google Nexus One Go to Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings Tap Eduroam You get a display with connect settings, please enter the following: EAP method:… Read more Connecting to Eduroam via Android (incl. Ice Cream, Jelly Bean) with UvA credentials